SAMPSON, John (1862-1931)
CL Liverpool University 1892-1928
Previously a printer and lithographer, he became a Romany scholar and an authority on William Blake. He built up the library from very small beginnings, being particularly interested in MSS and incunabula. When he retired it was said to him, 'You have made the job fit for a scholar and a gentleman.'
CL Liverpool University 1892-1928
Previously a printer and lithographer, he became a Romany scholar and an authority on William Blake. He built up the library from very small beginnings, being particularly interested in MSS and incunabula. When he retired it was said to him, 'You have made the job fit for a scholar and a gentleman.'